SkyCable TV of Madison has ceased operations, leaving its local customers without service beyond local over-the-air channels.
SkyCable was a partner with America Online in the effort to install wireless Internet access in Madison; AOL pulled out of that venture in August. Barry Orton, a UW-Madison professor of telecommunications, said he didn’t believe the wireless situation was the reason for SkyCable going out of business.
“They were trying to do the niche between cable and (DISH and DirecTV), and the niche turned out to be too small,” Orton said.